Specification :
Sesame seeds ( or sesamum or benniseed) are the seeds of the tropical annual Sesamum indicum. The species has a long history of cultivation, mostly for its yield of oil.
Products
Description and Uses
Seeds
Confectionery
Fried seeds may be bound together with sugar syrup to give sweetmeats.
Seeds
Biscuits
The whole seeds can be baked into biscuits.
( Hulled) seeds
Bakery
Popular in northern Europe either incorporated into breads or as decorative toppings. May be used hulled or whole.
Seeds, sometimes roasted
Oil
Particularly used in oriental cuisine. The flavor is quite strong and rarely compatible with traditional Western style cooking but also used as a salad oil.
Oil
Medicinal treatment
Ulcers and burns
Oil
Margarine
Once an important use, now other cheaper vegetable oils are available
Oil
Aerosol
Reported use as a synergist for pyrethrum sprays
Low grade oil
Various
Soaps paints, lubricants, and illuminants. Local uses, of no importance in international trade
Hulled seeds
Tahini
A paste of sesame seeds which is used as an ingredient in eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern foods
Tahini
Dips & spreads
Various ingredients, such as chickpeas or eggplants, are added to tahini to make dips and spreads such as hummus
Tahini
Halva
A sweet made from tahini and sugar with other added flavorings
Cake
Animal feed
Protein rich useful supplement
Cake from hulled seeds
Ingredient
Used in some Indian cooking. Also as a snack in, for example, the Nigerian Kulikuli.